Frederic Giron,

Frederic Giron

VP, Senior Research Director

As a senior research director at Forrester, Fred Giron heads the Technology and Digital research teams in the Asia Pacific region. These teams aim to assist tech executives, tech architecture and delivery leaders, security and risk heads, and digital and business strategy leaders in formulating effective business and tech strategies for customer acquisition, service, and retention. The teams deliver advanced, pertinent research addressing the most immediate challenges of today’s chief data officers (CDOs), CIOs, and CTOs, such as growth, leadership, change management, future operational and organizational structures, and the evolution of technologies and business models. Fred’s personal research focuses on trends in the Asia Pacific market, the future of the services industry, and technology strategies aligned with value.

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May 7th, 2025 5:00 AM - 6:00 AM Peer Discussions

Optimizing IT Costs In Challenging Times (APAC)

Economic insecurities are forcing executives and business leaders to revisit cost optimization with much higher expectations. How can you make the biggest impact with lasting benefits rather than one-time reductions? Let’s talk about ways to shift the discussion from short-term cost cutting to a strategic cost optimization mindset.This conversation will be hosted by Forrester’s Biswajeet Mahapatra and Fred Giron and will include open discussion with fellow technology leaders. Please bring your questions and experiences to share with the group. Questions for discussion:Where are organizations maintaining current investments?How do I obtain greater enterprise intelligence to connect budgets with specific investments?How do I rethink the fundamentals and our core business assumptions?How do we build an optimization mindset?Peer discussions are available exclusively to Forrester Decisions VIP Leaders and Leader license holders for their own participation.
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